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WTTED @STATES PATENT @FETCH FRANK FIX, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

TAPE-TURNING MACHINE.

Specification Vof Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 15, reis.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK FIX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and'State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tape-Turning Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section of one form of my improved tape turning machine.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views on the lines IV-IV and V-V, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Fig. G is a side elevation of a plurality of tape turning and rib forming members.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a plurality of tape turning and rib forming wheels, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the plow.

This invention relates to an improvement in tape turning machines, and is designed to provide a cheap and vefficient machine for turning the tape on insoles and forming the rib on the insole to which the welt and upper of a shoe is secured.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes may be made in the details of construction and the general arrangement of the parts, without departing `from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference charac-ter 2 designates the frame of the machine, which is provided with a plurality of vertical standards. Connected to the upper ends of these standards are bearings 3 in which is rotatably mounted the main or driving shaft 4. Connected to this shaft is a fast pulley 5 and a loose pulley 6. Connected to one of the standards and extending laterally therefrom are lugs 7, and pivotally connected to these lugs, by means of screws 8, is a bearing block 9. Rotatably mounted in this bearing block 9 is a sleeve 10, which has connected to the upper end thereof a bevel gear 11. This bevel gear 11 is driven by means of a similar bevel gear 12 on the main driving shaft 4. Adjustably secured in the sleeve 10 is a rib forming spindle 13 which is provided with a knurled end rib forming portion at the end thereof. Rotatably mounted in the bearing, secured to the main frame of the machine, is a second spindle 14, which has connected to the lower end thereof a rib forming and feed wheel 15, and which wheel is adjacent to the lower end of the spindle 13, and is arranged to co-act therewith and to move the two portions of the tape toward each other and compress them so they will stick to each other by means ofthe adhesive material usually applied to the rib forming tape. The spindle 14 is rotated by means of a bevel gear 16 connected thereto, and which meshes with a similar wheel 17 on a countershaft 18. This counter-shaft 18 is rotatably mounted in bearings in the standards, and has connected thereto a spur gear 19 which meshes with a similar gear 2O on the main shaft 4. Slidably mounted in a guide 21, connected to the frame in the machine is a sleeve 2Q, and rotatably mounted on the upper end of the sleeve on a stud-screw 23 is a table 24 which is below the rib forming wheel and spindle. rThis table is arranged to be rotated by means of a rgear 25 connected thereto which meshes with a gear 26 on the shaft 14. Extending through an opening in the sleeve 22 is a screw rod 27, the lower end of which extends through a bushing 28, which has a screw Athreaded connection with the lower end of the guide 21. Surrounding the rod 27 and engaging the lower end of the sleeve 22 and t e upper end of the bushing 28 are coil springs Q9 for retaining the table 24 in its upward position. Connected to the screw rod 27 are nuts 30 for determining the upward movement of the table. Connected to the lower end of this rod 27 is a stirrup 31, to which the usual connecting member from tlie operating treadle is connected.

In order to resiliently hold the end of the rib forming spindle Aagainst the work, the end of said spindle is journaled in a bearing bracket 32 which is supported by a spring rod 33. This spring rod 33 passes through an opening in the frame of the" machine, and surrounding said rod, and engaging a thumb nut 34 on the rod, is a compression spring which acts to hold the spindle 13 toward the wheel 15 for pressing the two members of the tape from which the rib is formed into contact with each other.

Adjustably mounted on the frame of the machine and in front of the spindle 13 isV a plow bracket 38, and. adjustably mounted therein is the stem 36 of a plow 37. rlhis plow is designed to curl up one of the members of the tape as the insoletogether with the attached tape, is fed into the machine.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a plurality of spindles 13 having different shaped forming members on the ends thereof, while in Fig. 7 I have shown a plurality of forming and feed wheels 15 arranged to be used in con-y nection with the spindles shown in Fig. 6.

The advantages of my invention result from the provision of a machine of this character having a plurality of rib forming Vmembers approximately in alinement with each other, together with means for resiliently moving one of said members toward the other, and driving gearing connecting all of the movable members with the driving shaft, so that said members will operate in timed relation'to each other.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the character described comprising a main frame, a driving shaft rotatably mounted in the frame, a countershaft rotatably mounted in the frame parallel to the main shaft, gearing connecting the countershaft to the main shaft, a rotary work supporting table mounted on the frame and arranged to rotate about a vertical axis, a vertical spindle rotatably mounted in the frame having a rib forming member on the lower end thereof, gearing connecting said spindle with the main driving shaft, a rib forming and feed wheel adjacent to I the lower end of said spindle and arranged to co-act with the rib forming member on the spindle, means for permitting the table to be raised and lowered, and gearing connected to the table and the shaftof the rib forming and feed wheel, said gearing being arranged to permit the table to be raised and lowered, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described,

comprising a main frame, rotatably mounted in the countershaft parallel with the main shaft rotatably mounted in the frame, gearing connecting the two shafts to each other, a vertical spindle rotatably mounted in the frame having a rib forming member onthe lower end thereof, gearing connecting said spindle with the main shaft, a rib forming a driving shaft main frame, a

andfeed wheel adjacent to the lower end shaft being approximately parallel with the spindle, gearing connecting said shaft to the countershaft, a rotatable work supporting table mounted in the frame, means for raising and lowering said table, a gear wheel connected to the table, and a gear wheel connected to the shaft of the rib forming and feed wheel meshing with the gear wheel'on the table, the teeth of the two gears being arranged to permit one to slide relative to the other without disconnecting the gears, substantially as described.

3. A device vof the character described, comprising a main frame, a driving shaft rotatably mounted inthe frame, a countershaft rotatably mounted in the frame parallel with the first mentioned shaft, gears connecting the two shafts, a pivotal bearing connected to the frame, a shaft arranged to rotate in said bearing at right angles to the main shaft, bevel gears connecting the main shaft to the. vertical shaft, a rib forming tool on the lower end of the vertical shaft, a second vertical shaft journaled in the main frame, bevel gears connecting the second vertical shaft to the counter-shaft, a rib forming and feed wheel on the second vertical shaft arranged to co-act with the tool on the lower end of the other vertical shaft, a rotatable table, a gear wheel connected to said table, a gear wheel connected to the vertical shaft meshing with the gear wheel on the table, means for moving the table and the gear wheel connected thereto up and down, and spring means for moving the lower end of the'first mentioned vern tical shaft toward the feed wheel on the other' vertical shaft, substantially as described.

el. A device of the character described, comprising a rotary work supporting table, rotary tools co-acting with the table, the axes of said tools being parallel with the axis of the table, means for raising and lowering the table, a gearwheel connected to the table, a driving wheel connected to one of said tools in engagement with the gear wheel on the table, the teeth on one gear beingarranged to slide over the teeth of the other gear without disconnecting them to permit the table to be raised and lowered, and gearing for rotating the other tool; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. l

' FRANK FIX.V

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